The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1887-12-03
Bearregard J Pretty spy

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General Beaurcgard, whose ne,sl head-
sae .r.n,s are n the New YORK iio'e., @
s.;u l;a''es aseseryes ~ many Of the character,
istics that made him q pet n r., :no stron, r
| e,leracy during the war. il's srcslv :
! Frrnsh f,.cs IS furrowed by scarcel. e {
r;nIIe. and. despite bis sixty years :,
VII m.n'n'e, - { a.j - I;tse' active and muscli
lar ,s an athlete Of thirty I,'s !. n "hIv
ners. though qnict, are rsllia s', A +
gracefully, and there are few men men !, u
I;fs who are more easy Of approach.
He is. withal, a great fevorlts OF !. ,he .he
| fair sex, and it is said that some ol s .ss
best secret service done wiisie ~ W.. wac
in command was performed BY ladies, ,
elnec;alIy s" when social diplomacy was
the chief weapon to,fe empioyea.
One of these was sent from n" e
| TO Washington in 1862 to obtail' =
possible. the rcster Of McCleilans ar
NV and such other information 40
might indicate the plans Of the gene..
al with reference 10 an advance on
Centreville. She was amply proyluea
with means. and ally performed 'np
mission. When she returned, ! "fs
bv way Of the Potomac, oppoFiie D'll'-
fries Va. on outpost under the com
mand Of General (then coloneD Wade
HanDtor;, with his own Hampton Le-
gion. That gallant solder at once
forwarded the fair spy to Bcauregard'
whose headquarters were at Centre,
Ivil:e. Her baggage consisted only OF
a pet skye terrier and a small gripsack.
/ On arriving there she was nshered IN II,
to the presence Of the general, and WITH
true womanly volubility proceeded to
entertain him with description Of her
adventures and their result. Beaure.
gard patiently allowed the lingual
| freshet to flow on naturally, supposing
THAT when she got tired she would pro-
dnce the dispatches But the little
woman's tongue was hung in the mid
die and wagged at both ends, and,
moreover, she was too pretty to be 81
fenced abruptly. Finally, the general
unable to restrain bis anxiety any lon
ger, said: "Well, Mrs. NJ, whore are
your papers, "Why, general Pye
been trying to tell you the news al
ready. Don't you see how it wouldn't
| have been safe to bring important pa
pers on my person, and 80 familiar
lied myself with the contents. The
fact is that / have been suspected and
searched already, 80 that its lucky
I've good memory Bearegard, now
unable to conceal his chagrin, frankly
told the lady he was grievously disap-
pointed, having waited for the dis
patches for long time, and could
place but little reliance on memory
Of so many figures and details. There
fore her mission had proved of little
use. She listened Ito his Seeding with
demue air and xsea he had aHiiSl,.sd Mod 4
f 9s5ss5d At him with 4 iaistEeivoas
twinkle in her eye. and called to her
tiog::~" Here, Floy!p The Skye terrier
Jumped in her lap. General. have
you a knife about you.D The knife
was produced. Then she turned the
animal over on his back, and, to the
amazement of Beauregard, deliberate
ly proceeded to rip him open. In less
time than it takes to tell It she held IN
one hand the precious papers and in
the other the skin of her skye terrier
while prancing about the fleor, was 4
diminutive black and-tan-pup, over
Ijoyed at his relief from an exira cuf;-
Gle. The shrewd woman had sewcd
her dispatches between the two skins
in a manner that defed detection anil
under the very noses OF the Federal
videttes had carried some Of the ,r most I,
important information Transmitted du
ring the war. Itis needless to say that
Beauregard was delighted, and Il was was
but little while after this i;nc;dent
that Mcclellan advanced On Centrs. .,. !
vile, only to find deserted carnns 81 hat
teries OF Quaker guns and the Con ,,
federate army falling back -towar.,
Richmond and Yorktown Retwca,. .,a !
the sdog and the pretty woman !. l ~. ths
general had go. the .:rip.s IL Is i "a !
wonder that be ii q devotee oe IL ~:
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